The Killing of a Bull Muskox by a Single Wolf

Gives a detailed description of a 53-min contest between a male Canis lupus and a 5-6 yr old bull Ovibos moschatus wardi on Bathurst Island, 28 May 1968. The wolf's maneuvers succeeded in exhausting the muskox. The wolf returned to feed on the carcass for four days succeeding the kill, at least...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Gray, David R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1970
Subjects:
Animal behaviour
Animal food
Animal mortality
Muskoxen
Predation
Wolves
Bathurst Island
Nunavut
Arctic
Canis lupus
muskox
ovibos moschatus
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66223
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Summary:Gives a detailed description of a 53-min contest between a male Canis lupus and a 5-6 yr old bull Ovibos moschatus wardi on Bathurst Island, 28 May 1968. The wolf's maneuvers succeeded in exhausting the muskox. The wolf returned to feed on the carcass for four days succeeding the kill, at least three more times during the summer and, accompanied by a female, fed on it briefly six times in June-Aug 1969.

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